10/13/2018
We lost another GPRWI alumni 😢. This is Scotch, who had just turned 5 years old recently. His mom (Muffin), dad (JoJo), and two big brothers, (Bert and my Ernie), came in as owner surrenders and Muffin was almost due with this litter that Scotch was a part of.
From his mom...”Sorry I haven't been keeping you two filled in, but Scotch went to the U of I, 2 weeks ago for his pooping issues. There was an abscess in his re**um, which they had to drain. He stayed overnight there, and had general anesthesia and an epidural.
When he came home he just wasn't the same, wouldn't eat or drink. I had lots of medicine to give him, which he hated and wouldn't take in treats. We tried all kinds of pet and people foods, he refused, took him back to the vet here for injections instead of the pills, and got him some appetite stimulant ointment. He just kept declining. He gave up and wouldn't eat at all the last 2 days, and couldn't keep down water yesterday.
Scotch just passed away this morning at 9:50, Thursday, October 11. He was only 5 years old. He was laying at the top of the back porch steps, in his favorite spot, and went, on his own, with both me and Dane, right there petting him and telling him he was a good boy, and it was ok to go. They just came and took his body away for cremation.
I miss my friend.”
This is so heartbreaking to lose one this young. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers❤️. ~Tara
